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The Sunday Times, one of press baron Rupert Murdoch's "respectable" publications (as opposed to his tabloids), published a big story about the saga of No Time to Die. Also, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson talk a bit about the future of the cinematic James Bond.

Wilson, 79, told the newspaper that the way star Daniel Craig has played the part of Bond since 2006's Casino Royale may carry over in the future.

"Daniel's made an indelible impression," Wilson told The Sunday Times. "So it's inevitable that what he brought will be, in some way, incorporated."

At the same time, both Wilson and his half-sibling, 61, left themselves some wiggle room.

Concerning potential future Bond actors, Wilson added: "We don't have any frontrunners — we haven't even thought about it — but whoever it is will take on the role and adapt the character to their personality. It's always been the case."

Here was Broccoli's take:

"It's a big decision for us because we're entering into a partnership with an actor," the Eon boss told The Sunday Times.

"It's not like casting a movie when you find the best actor at the time — it's about resetting the whole template for the movies to come. So it's not just about what colour hair an actor has and if they fit a certain type — it's about where you want to take the movies and what you want to say. And we have to make that decision. We're not going to make it based on polls."

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bond's home studio, has agreed to be acquired by Amazon. Broccoli avoided specifics how that $8.45 billion deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, could affect Bond's future.

 "The truth is we don't know," Broccoli told The Sunday Times. "Until the deal is approved and we are able to get into deep discussions with them we don't know. At the moment we're not really any more enlightened about what they want to do and how they see things and how we fit in."

The article goes over a lot of No Time to Die history many fans are familiar with. For example, the Danny Boyle saga, his departure as director, the hiring of Cary Fukunaga as Boyle's replacement as director and the uncertainty, for a time, whether Craig would come back for a fifth Bond film. Craig also has a number of quotes where he had f-bombs in his quotes, but they're cleaned up.

The Sunday Times piece also is full of Bond-related puns such as sub-headlines that read "Never Say Never -- Again!" "Doctor Oh No," "From China with Love," and "Die? Another Day."

The story is behind a paywall except for a short preview.